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Definition of Hominid
1. Adjective. Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.
2. Noun. A primate of the family Hominidae.
Generic synonyms: Primate
Group relationships: Family Hominidae, Hominidae
Specialized synonyms: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man, Genus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Genus Sinanthropus, Sinanthropus, Genus Javanthropus, Javanthropus, Australopithecine, Sivapithecus, Dryopithecine
Group relationships: Family Hominidae, Hominidae
Specialized synonyms: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man, Genus Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Genus Sinanthropus, Sinanthropus, Genus Javanthropus, Javanthropus, Australopithecine, Sivapithecus, Dryopithecine
Definition of Hominid
1. Noun. Any primate of the family ''Hominidae''. All the great apes (Humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans). ¹
2. Adjective. Of the Hominidae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hominid
1. a manlike creature [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hominid
Literary usage of Hominid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"It has affinity both with man as well as with apes, but it is more with former,
ie is 'regarded as hominid, not a hominid-like pongid. ..."
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